York Vintage Olympic Deep Dish Marked

The “modern” York deep-dish plates are among the most iconic and enduring designs in weightlifting history. As the final evolution of York’s earlier designs, they were produced for several decades. Featuring rounded edges and a hub-and-spoke design extending to the plate’s edges, they balanced form and function perfectly. The variation marked with “45” has a slightly shallower hub, with production believed to have occurred in the mid-1950s for a limited time. Unmarked deep-dish plates were sold both before and after this period. The deep-dish 25s and 35s, also produced for a limited time, are considered some of the finest designs ever made. It’s unclear why York ceased production and returned to flat plates. The smaller plates in this series followed earlier designs but were marked with weight.